The critical incident technique.

1954/01/01 by John C. Flanagan · 7,721 citations
Chemical Engineering · Decision Sciences · Engineering · Mathematics · Psychology · #Chemical Safety and Risk Management #Combustion and Detonation Processes #Critical Incident Technique #Economics #Mathematics #Psychology #Risk and Safety Analysis #Statistics

paper · doi:10.1037/h0061470

published in Psychological Bulletin 51(4), 327-358 (American Psychological Association)

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